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RIP – Masaya Nakamura


It was a sad day that reflected on my own age when Nakamura passed away. It reminded me how much time I spent as a boy playing PacMan and all the variations. So I decided to make this picture as a way to say thank you for all the memories, may you rest in peace.

RIP - Masaya Nakamura

Masaya Nakamura was a Japanese businessman and founder of Namco, initially an amusement ride manufacturing company, but which grew under Nakamura’s leadership into the third largest video game developing entity in Japan during the 1970s and 1980s. Nakamura helped to usher in Namco’s growing video game division for arcade games, leading to numerous successes including Toru Iwatani’s Pac-Man, which remains the highest-grossing arcade game worldwide; for his leadership in directing the company to this success, Nakamura is considered “the father of Pac-Man”.

Nakamura stepped down as Namco’s CEO in 2002 and took a ceremonial role in the company’s management, three years before Namco merged with Bandai, forming Bandai Namco. Nakamura was awarded the “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette” by the Japanese government in 2007 for his contributions to Japanese industry.
Ribbon bar: Order of the Rising Sun (Japan).
Born: Dec 24, 1925 · Tokyo
Died: Jan 22, 2017
Founded: Namco

75th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

75th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harbor

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 citizens of the United States who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and Operation Z during planning, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States’ entry into World War II.


Date: Dec 07, 1941

PEARL HARBOR BOMBED